Trip Swift — Online Ticket Booking Platform

Overview

Trip Swift is a modern, responsive online ticket booking platform that connects users, vendors, and administrators through a complete ticket discovery, booking, payment, and transaction workflow. Built with Next.js App Router, Express.js, MongoDB, Better Auth, JWT, and Stripe, it supports bus, train, launch, and plane ticket listings. Users can search and filter tickets, request bookings, pay for accepted bookings through Stripe, view transaction history, and download PDF tickets. Vendors can manage tickets, process booking requests, and analyze revenue through line, pie, and bar charts. Administrators can manage users, review tickets, control vendor access, and manage homepage advertisements. The platform includes protected APIs, role-based dashboards, responsive UI, and dark/light mode.

Key Features

• Search, filter, sort, and paginate tickets across bus, train, launch, and plane transport types
• Role-based dashboards for users, vendors, and administrators
• Complete booking workflow with quantity validation and vendor approval or rejection
• Stripe checkout integration with payment verification and transaction history
• Generate and download PDF tickets and relevant dashboard reports
• Vendor revenue analytics using line, pie, and bar charts
• Admin ticket approval, user and role management, vendor fraud controls, and homepage advertisements
• JWT-protected backend APIs, responsive UI, dark/light mode, and image uploads through ImgBB

Challenges & Solutions

• Coordinating the booking lifecycle across users, vendors, and administrators
• Integrating Stripe checkout with payment verification, booking updates, and transaction records
• Implementing authentication, JWT verification, role-based access, and protected backend APIs
• Maintaining ticket quantity validation and booking status throughout the payment workflow
• Generating downloadable PDF tickets and reports from relevant dashboard data
• Deploying and configuring separate frontend and backend applications with production environment variables

Future Roadmap

• Add automated tests for booking, payment, and authorization workflows
• Improve booking notifications and payment status updates
• Enhance dashboard analytics and revenue reporting
• Expand ticket discovery with additional search and filtering options
• Improve accessibility and loading-state experiences